Student Reflection: An Exciting Adventure Camp!!

We left on the 15th of October from Hyderabad to Delhi and from there we boarded an overnight bus to take us to Sitlakhet. Pinewood Cliff is located approximately 375 km from Delhi. Due to the difficult terrain high up in the mountains, from Sitlakhet we had to travel in jeeps.

Nestled in Kumaon Himalayas, at a height of 7500 ft, Pinewood Cliff campus is a quiet and picturesque campsite offering a clear 180° view of the Himalayan Peaks. Weather at Pinewood Cliff campus is cool even in summer with temperatures ranging from 15° to 26° Celsius but, when we went the temperature even dropped to 10° Celsius at night.

When we finally arrived at the campus we had about an hour to freshen up and then we made 3 teams for the various activities we would do later. We spent the evening ice breaking with our teams. On the second day we went for a short trek and then arrived at huge rocky structure where we climbed it and then rappelled down! Later at night we had a famous magician named Ishamuddin come to the campus and show us a few amazing magic tricks

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On the next day we set out for trekking and we had to carry our own tents and sleeping bags! Once we reached where we were supposed to camp we pitched our tent and began to cook our own food with no help in anything including setting up the fire!

The next morning we got up early and trekked 7 km all the way back up the mountain until we reached the campus. By the time we reached we were exhausted and had 3 hours of free time and then after that we had Youreka Premier League, which was a bunch of games that each team had to play to determine which team was the best. That night we had some ‘Camp Closure’ and we also had a dance till about 11 pm!

The next morning we drove off to Nainital, a serene hill station, where we did much street shopping in the Tibetan Market and boated on the beautiful Nainital lake! From there we got onto our buses and drove back to the Delhi airport and back to Hyderabad. It was truly an amazingly memorable trip and all of us had great fun throughout the trip!

By

Neha, Grade IX, CIE